Definition. Colloids are important in both the natural environment and for manufactured products. A colloid is mixture where at least two types of substances are placed together. The substances do not change; each substance retains its own properties. The substances, also called particles, do not settle out of the mixture and cannot be seen.
Jonestown, TX. Jonestown is a city in Travis County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,681 at the 2000 census. Jonestown is located at 30Â°29â²20â³N 97Â°55â²27â³W / 30.488872Â°N 97.924208Â°W / 30.488872; -97.924208 (30.488872, -97.924208). This is at the north end of Lake Travis, 19 miles (31 km) northwest of Austin.
BRIEF HISTORY OF JONESBOROUGH, TENNESSEE. Jonesborough is the oldest town in Tennessee, established in 1779 by the General Assembly of North Carolina as county seat of Washington County, first county west of the mountains. In 1784 the State of Franklin was organized here, with Jonesborough as its first capital.